Kevin DeYoung – Queensland Together for the Gospel

A Case for Appropriately Long Sermons

Richard Shumack provides a late addition to the TGCA debate on sermon length. I’m just getting back into regular, ordinary, small town, pastoral preaching after a long season of academic and specialist speaking. I feel a bit rusty and a bit anxious over how well I’m pitching things, so I’ve been following along with the Gospel Coalition Australia discussion on sermon length with genuine interest hoping for some tips. Unfortunately, the conversation hasn’t quite gelled with me. Some sermons fall out of my head almost effortlessly, others require immense toil and never quite get there. First, I don’t find the...